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Ancient Ireland
Junior Cert History
Term | Definition |
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Mount Sandel | Place in Derry (first settlers) |
Ceide feilds | Place in Mayo (early settlers) |
Cist grave | Small grave |
Clay pots | pots made of clay-cooking/storage |
Corbelled roof | stone roof |
Wattle and Daub | sticks and mud |
Dolmen | burial grave |
Flint | sharp stone used to start fires |
Posthole | A hole for a post |
Stone age | The age of stone |
Wedge Tomb | grave |
Fulacht Fiadh | hole in the ground lined with stones used for cooking |
Hunter-Gatherer | A man who hunted and gathered food |
Lunulae | A necklace |
Megalith | A big stone |
Midden | Waste thrown outside |
Capstone | Big rock on top of a dolmen |
Newgrange | passage grave in Co. meath |
Passage grave | A walk-in grave |
Quern Stone | Used to grind wheat |
Scrapers | Used to scrape the skin off animals |
Sickle | Tool used for cutting grass |